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    The 'geneva is one oft hE' simplest and least expensive of all intermittent mot ion mechanisms. Th'y are available on an offtho-shelf basis from several manufacturers, in a variety ofsizos. The 'Geneva maintains good. Control of its load at all times, since h is provid.f'd wit h. Loeking ring sur.fncC.

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    The 'geneva is one oft hE' simplest and least expensive of all intermittent mot ion mechanisms. Th'y are available on an offtho-shelf basis from several manufacturers, in a variety ofsizos. The 'Geneva maintains good. Control of its load at all times, since h is provid.f'd wit h. Loeking ring sur.fncC.

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    The 'geneva is one oft hE' simplest and least expensive of all intermittent mot ion mechanisms. Th'y are available on an offtho-shelf basis from several manufacturers, in a variety ofsizos. The 'Geneva maintains good. Control of its load at all times, since h is provid.f'd wit h. Loeking ring sur.fncC.

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    Geneva Mechanisms INTRODUCTION ‘The Geneva is one of the earliest of all intermittent motion mechanisms and when input is in the form of continuous rotation, it is probably still the most commonly used. Genevas are available on an off- the-shel? busis from several munufaeturers, ina variety of sizes. They are cheaper than eams or star wheels and have adequate-to-good performance chat eteristies, depending on load faetors and other design requirements, Figure 9-1 shows « typical, four-slot external Geneva, Advantages of Genevas Genevas may be the simplest and least expensive of all intermittent motion mechanisms. As mentioned before, they eome in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from those used in instruments, to those used in machine tools to index spindle eartiers weighing several tons. They have good motion-eurve char- eteristies compared to ratchets, but exhibit more “jerk,” or instantaneous change in aeceleration, than do better eam systems (the Gi you will re- member, is 1 special type of eam system) ‘The Geneva maintains good control of its load at all times, since it is provided with loeking ring sur- faces, as shown in Fig. 91, to hold the oui put during dwell periods. In addition, if properly sized to the load, the Geneva generally exhibits very long life, One machine tool manufacturcr told me that their Genevas will last 20 years, indexing onee every fev Ww seconds, on a three-shift basis, driving a spindle carrier weighing one ton, This particular Geneva was about 18 inches in diameter Disadvantages of Genevas ‘The Geneva is not @ versatile mechanism. It ean be used to produce no less than three, and usually no more than 18 dwells per revolution of the output shait. Furthermore, onee the number of dwells has been selected, the designer is well locked into 2 given set of motion curves. ‘The ratio of dwell period to motion period is also established once the number of dwells por revolution has been selected. Also, all Geneva acceleration eurves start and end with finite acceleration and deceleration. ‘This means they pro- duee jerk. Ty ‘There are three types of Genevas: (1) external, which is the most popular, and which is represented by the doviee shown in Fig. 9-1; (2) internal, which is also very common and is illustrated by Fig. 9 and (3) spherieal, Fig. 9-3, whieh is extremely rar We will take 2 eloser look at some external and internal Genevas later on, but will not spend more time on the spherical type. Genevas are also combined with a wide variety of other mechanisms, such us four-bar linkages; cluteh brake combinations; noneircular gears; cte., to modify the motion curves and dwell-motion ratios obtained from a pure Geneva. We will sec several different examples of these later. s of Gonevas 128 GENEVA ring slot center line drive pin drive slot lock ae Prveing eet of MACHINE DESION Mapai; De #1208, Fig, 0-1, Four-slot external Genova, Motion Curves ‘The motion curves for several external Genevas are shown in Fig. 9-4; and for internal Genevas, in Fig. 9-3. As can be scen, the two curve sets differ quite drastieally in shape. Figure 9-6 shows the motion curves for four-slot internal and external Genevas superimposed for comparison. output ee input jj drive pin Drawing cowtiny of MACHINE DESIGN Magnan Dt 88,136 “ ieee Fig. 9-2. Fourlot internal Geneva, (MECHANISMS, ch A few general comments can be made about these motion curves, 1, For an external Geneva, the dwell period always exceeds the motion period. For an external Geneva, the dwell period ‘always lasts longer than the time required for 180 degrees of motion of the input driver. For an internal Geneva, the motion period always exceeds the dwell period. For an internal Geneva, the dwell period is always shorter than the time required for 180 degrees of input. 2, - NN oupal | YU Drawine cnrey of MACHINE DESIGN Magasin; De. 8, 1286 of MACHINE DESIG: Dec 58 128% Fig. 9-3. Four-lot spherieal Geneva, 5. For a spherical geneva, the dwell period equals the motion period, and equals the time required for exactly 180 degrees of input. . The magnitude of peak acceleration and de- cecleration, velocity, ete., obtained with # Geneva, is « funetion of the number of slots or dwells. This is true of all types. As the ratio between the diameter of the wheel and the diameter of the driver gots larger (more slots oF dwell periods per revolution of the output), mai mum accelerations and velocitics decrease (for # given driver speed). This makes sense because the indexing angle of the output decreases as the numbeT of slots increases. che GENEVA MECHANISMS. 129 a TE | ee Bl | paste aE bs) | ee Be 4 El st 4 t Be Bel Fig. 9-4. Motion curves for external Genevas with four, ex, and ten slots, excclentian eelocty duplacenene Fig. 0-5, Motion curves for internal Genevas with four, six, und ten slots, couternal interna displacement Internal) time Time Fig. 9-6. Comparison of the motion curves of internal and external Genevas with four slots, 130 GENEVA MECHANISMS ch direction of motion = of pin Fig. 9-7. The drive pin of the Geneva should enter the slois in the deiven wheel along an are that i tangent to the ‘centerline of the slot, rather than along & line which deviates from the slot centerline by some angle 3, ax shown here. Miscellaneous Comment Ina well-designed Geneva the drive pin will enter the slots of the output wheel along an are that is tangent to the eenterline of the slot, as shown in Fig. 9-1. If the direction of motion of the pin dovintes from the slot centerline by an angle A, shown in Fig. 9-7, impact can result. This wil either be a positive or negative impact (that is, it will produce cither a positive or # negative torque on the driver} depending upon whether the slot is at some angle above the tangent line of the pin's motion or at some angle below it, (Figure 9-7 shows situation where the tangent line is below the pin's motion line.) Figure 9-8 shows the displacement curves that result from three situations: the deviation (angle g) is 5 degrees ar O degrees (tangent ). There dors not seem to be much difference between these three curves, each of which represents only the first few degrees of motion of the output member rather than the complete displacement curve, as per Fig. 9-4. The velocity curves for these three situations, also shown in Fig. 9-8, do not appear to have changed much either, If we now plot the acecleration curves, however, we will find that we have introduced impaet when the slot’s centerline was above or below the line tangent {o the pin’s motion, This is beewuse the angular velocity in cach ease starts at a finite positive ‘or negative value; and instantaneous change in ve~ locity: means an infinite acecteration which, in turn, means impact. In practice, of course, a small velocity would mean a relatively small impact (even though theory says any instantaneous change means aan infinite acceleration) and would eause no trouble If the machine is operated at. high speeds, however, or under heavy loads, or with elastic connections between parts, even a small, sudden change in ve- locity ean cause severe impact, stress, vibration, lost motion, jamming, ete. Figure 9-9 shows the acceler- ation eurves for the three situations. As discussed in Chapter 5, a high-speed or heavily loaded Geneva ean also get into difficulty if the pit is not 8 good running fit in the slots in the output Ez S| al P| /2" slot 5 below | tangent time slot 5° above ~ tangent | stot tangent ff 2 Yo stor 5: below e tangent TL time Fig. 9-8, Displacement and velocity eurves of an external Geneva hen the direction af motion of the drive pin 18 ‘tangent to the slot; when the lot is 9 degrees above the tangent line; and when it ic 5 degrees below it (the latter situation ie shown in Fig. 9-7). cho Wheel. Elasticity in the system may allow the pin to chatter from one side of the slot to the other as it Arives the wheel, producing a series of impacts which can eause all sorts of trouble, (See Figs. 5-9 and 5-10 for the resultant motion curves.) slot sr below / rangent / acielenation ae pe /b—slor above 4 engent Fig. 0-9, Acceleration curves for tangent and 6 degrees ‘misaligned Hots, Four sketches of external Genevas with five, six, cight, and ten slots, respretively, are shown in Fig. 910. Notiee how the ratio between the diameter of the driver and the diameter of the wheel decreases (Af : \ os) ate GENEVA MECHANISMS, 131 Fig. 9-10. Fxternal Genevas with five, six, eight, and ten slots, respectively, as the number of slots increases. Notiee also, that the indexing angle decreases. ‘Three internal Genevas with four, eight, and twelve slots are illustrated in Fig. 9-11. Again, notice how the ratio of driver diameter to output wheel diameter decreases as the number of slots inereases. Notice too, that the driver must be mounted on cantilevered shaft in each case, whereas the external Geneva of the previous illustration could have both input and output members mounted on through Fig. 9-11. Internal Geneyae with four, eight, and (welve slots, GENEVA MECHANISMS 133 a9 Fig. 9-14. Fivestep Geneva mechanisim used in the indexing system of a large multiple-spindle machine tool, 134 GENEVA MECHANISMS ane long locking surface Fig. 0-15, Siv-slot external Geneve used for light-duty instrument applications Fig. 9-16, Fourlot external Geneva with three-pin driver, raving conti of PRODUCT ENGINEERING DESIGN MAN'TAL, Fig. 9417, Four-slot Geneva driven by a two-pin driver, Fig. 9-18, Chain-mounted drive pins with blocks for loek- ing during dwells, ane HTD pe 4 ap eres Xs Lean : fr A rowing ewren«/ PRODUCT ENGINEERING Sapna: Fone Fig, 9-19, (Left) Beternal Geneva driven by a four-bar linkage.

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